Publications by authors named "Quan Minh Tran"
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- New technology is needed to help control mosquito-borne diseases like dengue, and big tests (called CRTs) help figure out how well these technologies work.
- A recent test showed that releasing special infected mosquitoes can reduce the spread of dengue, but there are factors (like people and mosquito movements) that might affect results.
- The study found that if these factors are not considered, the benefits might be underestimated, meaning these mosquitoes could be even more effective than previously thought.
In recent decades, there has been an increased interest in developing a vaccine for chikungunya. However, due to its unpredictable transmission, planning for a chikungunya vaccine trial is challenging. To inform decision making on the selection of sites for a vaccine efficacy trial, we developed a new framework for projecting the expected number of endpoint events at a given site.
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- After a decline in Zika and dengue cases in Brazil between 2017-2018, dengue resurged dramatically in 2019 with approximately 2.1 million reported cases.
- The study analyzes epidemiological, climatological, and genomic data to understand the dynamics of dengue in Brazil, highlighting low transmission rates despite suitable conditions in 2017-2018.
- Researchers found that the local dengue virus lineages responsible for outbreaks in 2018-2019 had been circulating quietly for several years, suggesting that dengue could remain at low levels before causing significant outbreaks when conditions improve.
Background: The past two decades have seen expansion of childhood vaccination programmes in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). We quantify the health impact of these programmes by estimating the deaths and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) averted by vaccination against ten pathogens in 98 LMICs between 2000 and 2030.
Methods: 16 independent research groups provided model-based disease burden estimates under a range of vaccination coverage scenarios for ten pathogens: hepatitis B virus, Haemophilus influenzae type B, human papillomavirus, Japanese encephalitis, measles, Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A, Streptococcus pneumoniae, rotavirus, rubella, and yellow fever.
Background: It has been suggested that soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase receptor-1 (sFlt-1) and placental growth factor (PlGF) play potential roles in preeclampsia diagnosis. Nevertheless, studies on the use of sFlt-1, PlGF, and sFlt-1/PlGF ratio in predicting preeclampsia have found contradictory results. Thus, more studies in different populations are needed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Effective control of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) depends on affected patients notifying their sexual partners, and partners following through with screening and treatment. Our study assessed high-risk-STI women's confidence in STI-diagnosis-related communications with their primary male partners in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and determined associated characteristics of the women and their partners.
Methods: We employed convenience and snowball sampling in a clinic-based setting to recruit 126 women from August to October 2013.
Self-reported oral health, oral hygiene, and oral HPV infection in at-risk women in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol
July 2015
Objectives: This study aimed to examine the relationships among self-reported oral health, oral hygiene practices, and oral human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in women at risk for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Study Design: Convenience and referral sampling methods were used in a clinic-based setting to recruit 126 women aged 18-45 years between August and October 2013. Behavioral factors were self-reported.